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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 10021

This is a fine-needle biopsy in which a thin needle is used to draw out a small sample of cells from a lump or area of concern for laboratory analysis, done by feel rather than with the help of ultrasound or other imaging. It covers the first site sampled during a visit. Additional sites, if sampled, are handled separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$64.57 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$93.33 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,288Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $59 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $170professional $98

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Pennsylvania. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$110

AK $257PA $93.33

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.